{"id":47518,"date":"2017-03-24T08:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T02:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47518"},"modified":"2017-03-24T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T02:59:42","slug":"sc-seeks-ecs-response-plea-alleging-tampering-evms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-ecs-response-plea-alleging-tampering-evms","title":{"rendered":"SC seeks EC&#8217;s response on plea alleging tampering with EVMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47475\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-hear-plea-probe-alleged-tampering-evms\/evm\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?fit=456%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"456,296\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"evm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?fit=456%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47475 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?resize=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC seeks EC's response on plea alleging tampering with EVMs\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/evm.jpg?w=456&amp;ssl=1 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC seeks EC&#8217;s response on plea alleging tampering with EVMs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission on a PIL seeking investigation by software experts into allegations that Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were tampered with in the recent Assembly polls.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul issued notice to the poll panel on the plea that alleged that EVMs, used by the Election Commission for conducting polls, can easily be tampered with.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL filed by Advocate M L Sharma in his personal capacity had also sought a direction to the Centre for registering an FIR to investigate the alleged tampering of EVMs &#8220;for vested interest by a political party and to file their report before the apex court&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court did not issue notice to the Centre and others mentioned in the PIL.<\/p>\n<p>The plea sought examination of the &#8220;quality, software\/ malware and hacking effect in the EVMs from a reliable electronic lab\/scientist and software expert and to file their report before this court for further action\/prosecution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner referred to allegations of EVM tampering in the recent assembly elections in five states and Maharashtra civic polls.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL claimed that it was admitted by the poll panel itself that EVMs are tamper-proof only until their technical, mechanical and software details remain a secret.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These details can be detected via reverse engineering by any expert. Wireless device\/software can be prepared via reverse engineering, and with their help voting records can be changed in any location and at any time,&#8221; the plea claimed.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission on a PIL seeking investigation by software experts into allegations that Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were tampered with in the recent Assembly polls. 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